Thomas W. Humphrey - Cincinnati, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989
    Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
    Honors: Teaching Assistant to Dr. Amar Bose’s course on Acoustics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

• Co-Partner in Charge of Associates

• Practice Group Leader Electrical/Software

Classes and Seminars

• Guest Lecturer, Xavier University Entrepreneurship Program
  
• Intellectual Property, Lecturer, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, N. Kentucky University
  
• Lecturer, The Circuit, IT trade association of Cincinnati
  
• C-Cap
  
• American Dreamers Radio Show, April 2013
  
• Queen City Angels Entrepreneurs Bootcamp, 2005 to Present
  
• Benefits, Risks & Considerations in Using Open Licensed Software, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2002 to Present
  
• Discovery Issues Related to Electronic Mail, 1995 to Present
  
• Implications of, and Suggested Strategies for Dealing with, Key Patent Law Provisions of U.S. GATT Implementing Legislation, 1995 to Present
  
• Software Patents, Cinti. Bar Assoc. Computer Law Seminar, 1994 to Present
  
• Copyright for Non-literal Aspects of Functional Software, Harvard Law School, 1993

Pro Bono Activities

• The Healing Center, Cincinnati
• Secretary/Treasurer, Interlake Sailing Class Association
• Queen City Angels
• CincyTech

Representative Clients

• Sony Corporation of America- Prosecuted extensive portfolio of digital video patents

• Veeco Instruments Inc.- Litigated patent portfolio relating to atomic force microscopes

• Car-Part.com- Litigated copyright and trade secret issues for the industry’s leading recycled auto parts web site

• Fifth Third Bank- Litigated disputes over ownership of copyrighted software, patent infringement and negotiated various licensing agreements 

• Covidien, Inc.- Prosecuted and participated in the litigation of numerous patent portfolios

Published Works

Articles

• "Benefits, Risks & Considerations in Using Open Licensed Software", American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2002
  
• "Discovery Issues Related to Electronic Mail", 1995
  
• "Implications of, and Suggested Strategies for Dealing with, Key Patent Law Provisions of U.S. GATT Implementing Legislation", 1995
  
• "Software Patents", Cinti. Bar Assoc. Computer Law Seminar, 1994
  
• "Copyright for Non-literal Aspects of Functional Software", Harvard Law School, 1993
  

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1993
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio, 1994
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1990

Other Affiliations

• CincyIP
• Cincinnati Bar Association (Computer Law Committee, Past Chairman)
• Xavier University College of Business Administration (Lecturer)
• Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University (Lecturer, Intellectual Property)
• The Circuit (IT trade association of Cincinnati, Lecturer)
• CincyTech
• C-Cap
• Queen City Angels